Welcome to Calculus 2. The
purpose
of this page is to make certain resources available and keep you
up to date with everything
going
on in the course.
** REMINDER: If you're having trouble
with the
course,
there are video clips available
on
which
many
typical problems are presented and explained. It's worth taking a look
at if you
feel
the
need.
They are available here.
The final exam
is mandatory for everyone and will take place on Wednesday, December 14
from 3 - 6 PM in West Hall Auditorium.
No books, notes or
calculators are
allowed. The exam will contain all of the formulas included on
the previous three exams,
including
the series flowchart sheet.
There will be a
review class conducted by Dr. Schmidt on Monday, December 12 from 2 -
3:30
PM in Darrin 324.
Please look over your old homeworks and exams and come prepared with
questions to ask on topics and/or
problems.
Prof. Schmidt
will also have
office
hours on Wednesday, December 14 from 11AM - 12PM.
FORMAT OF THE FINAL EXAM:
The final exam will consist of two parts:
The first part will be a conventional exam consisting of 6 problems.
You
will have to solve 5 of the 6.
You will need to indicate on the front of the exam which problem you do
not want graded.
These problems will be worth 16 points each, for a total of 80 points.
The second part will be a skills exam consisting of 10 problems from
the
Calculus Skills problem set.
These problems will be different versions of problems we've had on
skills quizzes this semester, as well
as one new skills problem on
partial derivatives. These problems will be worth 2 points each and
will be graded on a
no partial credit basis.
Thus, the skills portion of the final exam consists of 20 points, the
conventional
portion consists of
80 points, for a total of 100 points.
Conic Sections
(11.6)
Parametric Equations (11.1)
Calculus with Parametric
Curves
(11.2)
Polar Coordinates (11.3,
11.4)
Area and Arclength in
Polar
Graphs
(11.5)
Three Dimensional
Coordinate
Systems
(12.1)
Vectors (12.2)
Dot Product and
Orthogonality
(12.3)
Component and Projection
(12.3)
Work (12.3)
Cross Product (12.4)
Equations of Lines and
Planes in
Space (12.5)
Vector Functions
and Space Curves
(13.1)
Calculus of Vector
Functions
(13.1)
Projectile Motion (13.2)
Curvature (13.4)
Sequences (10.1)
Infinite Series (10.2)
Geometric and Telescoping
Series
(10.2)
Divergence Test (10.2)
Integral Test and
p-series (10.3)
Comparison Test and Limit
Comparison
Test (10.4)
Ratio Test (10.5)
Alternating Series Test
(10.6)
Absolute and Conditional
Convergence
(10.6)
Power Series (10.7)
Representing Functions
using
Power
Series (10.7)
Taylor and
Maclaurin
Series
(10.8)
Convergence of Taylor Series (10.9)
Taylor Polynomials and
Approximation
of Functions (10.9)
Functions of Two Variables: Domain and Level Curves (14.1)
Partial Derivatives (14.3)
This
is one of several opportunities to improve your quiz grades. A
cumulative quiz containing new versions of some of the problems
from the previous skills
quizzes will be given, and you will gain credit for any problem you
answer correctly that was answered
incorrectly on the previous
quizzes. Note that there is no penalty for
answering a question incorrectly if it has already been answered
correctly on a previous
quiz.
Office Hours Information:
Prof. Schmidt's Office Hours (in Amos Eaton 408): Wednesday 4 - 5:30 PM, Thursday 2 - 3 PM
Recitation Instructor Office Hours:
Course Resources:
General resources for Calculus:
This web page
collects many
helpful
resources, including information about Supplemental
Instruction, Drop In
Tutoring,
on-line
video clips and much, much more!
Resources Specific to our class:
Resources for Calculus Skills Problem Set:
The Calculus
Skills Problem
Set
is a set of problems designed to test your ability to carry out the
basic
computations
from Calculus accurately.
Throughout
the semester you will be tested (during quizzes and the final exam) on
algorithmically generated
versions
of these problems. You will also have designated class time each
week
to work on these problems
in a
supervised setting.
These problems
will always be
graded
with no partial credit, and will account for approximately 20 % of
the course grade. The
details of
how the skills problems will be tested and how they will contribute to
your
grade appear in the course
policies
above.
The
Calculus Skills home
page
is http://calculus.math.rpi.edu.
This page contains much important information
pertaining to the skills portion of the course,
including
rules pertaining to how the problems will be graded,
academic integrity guidelines, and Skills
Assistant
office hours. It also contains a list of all the Calculus
Skills problems and resources for practicing
different
versions of them.
MAPLE Resources:
MAPLE
Files This is a series of tutorial files explaining how
MAPLE can be used to perform different pre-Calculus
and Calculus tasks. MAPLE (or a graphing calculator) may be handy now
and
then if you need to
quickly sketch a graph or solve an equation, although neither resource
may be used on exams and
quizzes.